Washing-machine



P.-C. RUDE.

Washing Machine. No. 20,732.

Patented June 29, 1858;

UNITED STATES PA ENT OFFICE P. O. RUDE, OF MORGAN'IOVVN, VIRGINIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERRY C. RUDE, of Morgantown, in the county of Monongalia and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l/Vashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the ac companying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1, represents a perspective View of the machine. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section thereof.

Similar letters of reference where they occur in the separate figures denote like parts of the machine in all cases.

My invention consist-s in the manner in which I have arranged and combined the concave slotted rack with the center ribs stationary, and the others hinged so as to spring from the end of the wash box,the object being to admit the water behind the rack, and when the plunger comes up against it, the hinged ribs shall act as valves to force the water through the openings in the stationary ribs, and thus subject the clothes to the jet or streams of water in front of them, as well as by the plunger in rear, as will be described in connection with the drawings.

A, represents the legs for supporting the wash box B.

C, C, are levers pivoted to one leg, on one of the sidesrespectively, and passing through a slot in the other leg on the same side. They are designed for raising up, or lowering the wash box as may be desired.

D, I), are rails forming with the legs or supports A, the frame of the machine, said rails terminating in handles a, a by which the operator may raise up the machine on to the wheel E, and move it from place to place.

F, is a cross head to which the two rods Z), Z), (that pass into the wash box, and connect with the plunger G) are attached for operating said plunger. This cross head is connected by the two pitmen H, H, to cranks c, on the axle I, of the wheel E, and thus causing the wheel E, to act as a fly wheel and aid in passing the dead centers of the cranks.

(Z, d, are springs attached to the cross head. These are designed to yield, when they come against the wash box and their recoil aids in the return of the cross head.

Of so much of the machine as is above described I make no claim.

The concave rack in the end of the wash box is made as follows: The ribs f, f &c.

are stationary and have holes or openings- 2', 2', through them, but the ribs 9, g, which are between the stationary ones are hinged and swing or spring away from the end of the box, leaving a chamber behind them, as also behind the stationary ones, filled with water. Now when the plunger G, or the clothes carried up by it: comes against the hinged ribs 9, and forces them back they act as valves in forcing the water behind them, out through the holes 2', and into and through the clothes thus subjecting them in front and rear to jets or volumes of water forced into them. The two rods 6, I), passing through holes in the wash box causes much water to be carried out of the box. To prevent this, I pack these holes by a simple method :viz :I take an elastic bag 6, of any water proof material, open at both its ends. I fasten one end firmly around the hole in the wash box and then tie or otherwise fasten, the other end of said bag, to one of the rods 6, this allows the rod to play freely, and prevents any water from swashing out. The hinged ribs 9 are hung at their lower ends and drop forward at their top, when the plunger G, drives the clothes up against these ribs 9, they in turn are forced in between the stationary ribs f, and in being forced in these must displace the water that is behind them. The openings 2' through the ribs f, are intended for the water to pass through, and being forced through them by the motion of the plunger, the jets or streams are forced into and through the clothes, thus making the hinged ribs, hinged valves, for driving the water that is behind them, through the openings 5.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In combination with the plunger G, the concave rack formed of stationary ribs f, and hinged ones 9, so that the water behind the rack, shall be jetted, through the openings 2' in the stationary ribs, into the clothes substantially in the manner set forth.

P. C. RUDE.

l/Vitnesses:

JONATHAN STAHL, J OHN I-IAYMAKER. 

